Thursday, July 10, 2008

a post a day - this week

psst: I ended up working with dsd#2 last night, draping a dress right on her, and will sew it up today, final fitting tonight, finish sewing tomorrow - then you'll see pics. I promise, it's a WIP

Ya know, I'm almost afraid to ask, but here goes: Does anyone out there in blogland do needlepoint?It's not as if I don't have enough to do.It's not as if I need another thing.But lately (since my knitting is so drastically curtailed with my wrist still feeling the injury), (and since ds#2 has asked for me to make his fiance a Christmas Stocking), I've been feeling the urge.I just received, in the mail from one of my favorite needlepoint stores, The Bristly Thistle, in Petoskey Michigan, the above painted canvas, to make Ashlee her Angel, per my son's request.

Two of my earlier projects:

for more click hereWhat I'm really wanting to pull out and work on, especially before I start on Ashlee's angel, is thisI started this as a bench cover. It's going to end up on the boat though, as a back pillow. It's really long. It's probably my longest running Work-In-Progress.

Over the weekend I was privileged to visit a friend of my step-mom's, Linda, who is an accomplished knitter with a beautiful beach home on Lake Michigan. She was interested in making the double knit ski hat that I've made several of, and just wanted a quick demonstration on knitting the double knit fabric of the hat.Her home is one of The Most Gorgeous beach homes I've ever been in. Aside from the entire wall of glass looking out over the lake (they're on a bluff), the interior was inviting, comfortable, and beautiful. And she had needlepoint pillows scattered all over. Made me want to come home and drag out all the needlepoint.And in doing some internet looking, I discovered Ehrman Tapestries. Jaw dropping gorgeousness.and right now (on sale too), they have a whole series of canvases that are reminiscent of Klimt paintings.I want them all (almost all).....sigh.

And Now, catching up on the memes which I've been lax on doing.

Mardel tagged me for this awhile back, and well, I just haven’t blogged my answers yet.

What was I doing ten years ago?I was living and working and raising kids in Traverse City, MI. I was driving ds#1 out to Interlochen every day, I’d just left the non-profit I’d been working for and started working in a real estate office. I was sailing Wed night buoy races and some weekend Regattas and skiing on ski patrol in the winter and I was single and not dating anyone.

2. What are five things on my to-do list today? Laundry, finish Lauren’s dress, photograph it and write a blog post about it, swim ½ mile, buy something at market to make for dinner.

4. Things I would do if I were a billioniare? Buy a house (in Northern MI) that I could store my furniture and sewing stuff in while we go sailing, and build a sewing studio upstairs where there is sunlight. Set up trust funds for each of the kids so that they can also each buy a house some-day. Set up annuities that would provide ongoing support for children’s mental health organizations in several communities that I have interest in. Do the same to support several youth sports organizations that are at-risk of losing their funding. Get my dh to retire now!Set up some blind/anon trust funds so that several of my hard-working deserving friends could realize their dreams of owning a home/ opening a business / send their kids to school.

10 comments:

I thought you'd put "needlepoint" as your hobby but no, needlework. And....while I haven't finished anything (because when would I do that?) I certainly have started a few needlepoint projects and I've got several books. There's a crown that I really love.

Such a weird thing to stumble upon your blog today ... Lived in Des Peres & Clayton, B'ham, Mi, and now here in Traverse City working for MyNorth.com the online home of Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine. Have friends working at Interlochen Center for the arts. Switched from needlepoint to cross stitch to embroidery (now doing onesies and little girl dresses for friend's children and my own little girl. It seems like somewhere our paths should cross--at least sailing in Grand Traverse Bay. Hope you can buy that house Up North.

My sister in law did two of the Klimnt as a wedding gift for my son and daughter in law. They are gorgeous made up. My job was to make them up into pillows. See photos of them here. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2571978960_5b4f1d8fac_m.jpg

I love needlepoint and have been on quite a needlework kick lately. I completed a couple of months ago one needlepoint project and have been embroidering pieces for a quilt for Little Princess. Maybe after I get this crazy month out of the way, I'll get some pics posted of them. I'm also deeply in love with the Klimt ones. I've been eyeing them for quite some time.